Familia Romana Cap IV - Pensum C

Pianophile · February 11, 2020, 8:04pm

Are these the kind of answers expected?

Quot nummi sunt in sacculo Iulii? - In sacculo Iulii decem nummi sunt.
Adestne Davus in scaena prima? - Davus in scaena prima non est (abest).
Quis Davum vocat? = Medus Davum (eum) vocat.
Suntne nummi Iulii in sacculo Davi? - Nummi Julii in sacculo Davi non sunt.
Quid Iulius ponit in sacculo Davi? - Unus nummus Iulius in sacculo Davi ponit.
Quot nummi iam in sacculo Iulii sunt? - Tantum novem nummi iam in sacculo Iulii sunt.
Estne vacuus sacculus Medi? - Sacculus Medi vacuus non est.
Cur Medus discedit? - Quia Medus pecuniam Iulii habet.
Quem Iulius vocat? - Iulius (Is) Medum vocat.
Cur Medus Iulium non audit? - Quia Medus abest.

bedwere · February 11, 2020, 8:13pm

Where’s the object here?

Pianophile · February 11, 2020, 9:39pm

Unum nummum - hopefully the correct answer.

Barry_Hofstetter · February 12, 2020, 2:26pm

Yes, you wanted the accusative there.

Pianophile · February 12, 2020, 4:14pm

Thanks, Barry. Not sure why I stumbled over that one. Just been looking at Cap V and my heart sank!

Barry_Hofstetter · February 12, 2020, 4:31pm

Just finishing up that chapter with my 7th graders now. It’s a lot of fun, and mildly politically incorrect. Just plunge in (ha!) and you’ll do fine.

Pianophile · February 15, 2020, 1:09pm

(Syra?) Pulchritudo in oculis aspicientis. The imluvium looks rather too shallow to just plunge in! Yeah, great fun having nominative, genitive, accusative and ablative thrown at one in the first five lessons.
Ha, ha!

Barry_Hofstetter · February 15, 2020, 4:50pm

Misera Syra cum naso foedo magnoque. My 7th graders loved it, and that shows a bit of Ørberg’s wisdom. If you can get kids to like what they are reading, they stay engaged!